Gender

What Is Sexual Consent? Watch Delhiites Decode It

By Deeksha Sharma

January 21, 2018 at 09:58 AM IST

Two movements – #MeToo and #TimesUp – grabbed eyeballs and headlines last year, sparking a debate around consent in schools, colleges and workspaces. On that note, The Quint ventured into the streets of Delhi to understand what the aam aadmi (common man) makes of it.

Understand Consent in Five Minutes

I think, it’s no use explaining to people, time and again, that if we educate boys on consent, it is possible to change their attitudes and behaviours. If we educate boys on consent, we will create a new India.

Puppets Explain Consent

For long kathputli, a theatre form native to Rajasthan – which makes use of string puppets to provide authentic, homegrown entertainment – has been used to drive home important social messages. Here, it’s being used as a potent tool to talk about consent to Indian audiences in the digital age.

A Feeble ‘No’ Is Still a ‘No’

Instances of woman behaviour are not unknown that a feeble “no” may mean a “yes”.

Excerpt from a judgment of the Delhi High Court

On 25 September, Justice Ashutosh Kumar delivered his judgment in a rape case against ‘Peepli Live’ co-director Mahmood Farooqui. The judgment has since courted controversy due to certain excerpts which deal with the judge’s understanding of consent.